Chair of Audit, Finance and Risk Committee and Nominations Committee.
Fiona Mackenzie is Head of Direct Wealth for Jarden (formerly First NZ Capital), which includes responsibility for the Direct Broking platform, designed to empower Kiwi investors to take charge of their financial future by investing for themselves.
Before joining Jarden, Fiona was Head of External Investments and Partnerships at the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation fund from 2011 to 2017, overseeing a $6 billion portfolio and chairing the investment committee.
She was Head of Traded Products, and later Head of Markets at NZX from 2009 to 2011. She previously held roles in Morgan Stanley’s institutional equities sales division in New York and San Francisco; and worked in e-commerce product development at Credit Suisse in New York.
Fiona holds an MBA from Columbia Graduate School of Business (New York), a BCom (Accounting) / LLB from the University of Otago and is a NZ Chartered Accountant (CA). She is also a trustee for the Outward Bound Foundation. She loves to travel, these days accompanied by partner and two children, who she has already introduced to the power of investing via their Kiwisaver funds.